Oregon Ducks Volleyball Sweeps Temple, St. John’s and Navy To Start Season
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The Oregon Ducks are starting the season in a rough spot on the road for 2015. The Women’s Volleyball team does not have a contest in the State of Oregon until September 24th in a trip to Corvallis to take on Oregon State. Martenne Bettendorf and her teammates will not see a match on the floor of Matthew Knight Arena until October 2nd when they host Colorado. So far,
the 2015 season is off to a great start
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The year began last Friday with a match against Temple, which Oregon won in three straight sets. Saturday saw a doubleheader against St. John’s and Navy in the Temple Invitational. Against St. John’s, the Ducks were off to a fast start and a 25-12 first set win. They didn’t look back. Their toughest set saw them down in the third 19-15, but they came back to win the match and win nine straight to take three games over the weekend. Martenne Bettendorf suffered an ankle injury against St. John’s and sat out the match against Navy.
Oregon came out hitting and look to get into the Top Ten when the polls come out on Tuesday. They hit .315 while holding their opponents this weekend to .038. The road trip continues for the Oregon Ducks this week with trips to LIU in Brooklyn and George Washington in Washington DC on Monday and Tuesday.